...did I think that I would make it to the semi-finals of the G4 E3 Booth Babe contest. Me vs 15 other gamer girls for the chance to go to E3 as a booth babe..... Wow. My head is still spinning. When the commercial for the contest comes on G4, I feel odd.
When Kat and Nicole helped me film the entry last week, it was a quick job done with little thought as to what I was going to say. After reading some of the viewer's comments, I'm sure that I could have spoken more about other games. But Halo is one of my favorites, and that is what came to mind.  Some have even said that I didn't build my helmet ( which I wore in the video ). A lot of the comments are really nice and supportive, with a few that are just too mean to repeat.
I'll know next friday, the 6th, who has made it to the top three.
Fingers crossed everyone. 
Here's the link to the site if anyone wants to vote for me. You have to have a membership to vote, but it only takes a few seconds to get one. 
http://g4tv.com/e3boothbabe 

I love my friends.
I love them enough to dress up all in black and go dance the chorus to a K-pop song out in public with them. Several times.

Two full days of dancing in various locations. I was really surprised when Wal-Mart let us film. Through out the day, we had people come up and tell us about how entertaining we were. Uh, thanks? Guess I didn't suck as bad as I thought.

Next came to the editing, which fell to me. (damn you aid class for coming in handy, you win this round) Kat and Nicole were a big help here, making sure the sound lined up and giving me a lot of good suggestions. I can even see Kat getting into editing herself.
I had thought to use Premiere Pro, or even After Effects for the editing, but we ran into a snag with that. Seems those programs don't like to use MOD files, which is what came off the camcorder. I was looking for a program to convert them to a usable format, when I found a program that would change my life! Well, not that. But it was amazing still. I've always loved Corel programs, but they've really impressed me with Corel VideoStudio.
I downloaded the 30 day trail and went to work. The MOD files loaded in perfectly, and I even got the mp3s to work. I did not have to convert the files like I usually had to with the Adobe programs.
I know that I might have been using them wrong or missing something, oh well.
Anyway, the UI was simple and easy. Cropping was nice. Lots of layers for various sounds and music. I love this program. So much so that I might want to buy it later.
Back to the video. We rendered it in HD for youtube and submitted it last night. Now we just have to wait for a week to see the results. The winners get 5 autographed CDs and the group's performance outfits. (wonder if they wash them first?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd3Qx76cS_8

Ran by the school yesterday to drop off my last final project and pick up my ceramic stuff. It finally got fired. At least most of it. My geometric piece still hasn't had it's final firing, but I can pick that up sometime during the summer.

(Re-posting description from DA, feeling lazy now)

Final project for Ceramics class.
We were tasked to use two of the three techniques that we had learned over the semester. I didn't enjoy working with slabs, so I chose throwing and pinching. The main idea behind this was something Celtic, and maybe the fact that my uncles are hunters and I've been surrounded by deer skulls most of my life. Here, the skull acts as a presentation tool, handing the bowl out to the guest.

Unfortunately, one of the teeth fell off during the bisque firing and I have no idea where it is. But it doesn't bother me. The entire process of this project didn't turn out as expected. Glazing is always an experience. Using the glazes provided by the school, there was no way to know what I would be getting in terms of color variation. The main glaze of the skull was supposed to be more of a red, with black markings. The bowl turned out as expected though. Funny huh?

When tasked with redoing a movie poster for my final, I found myself with too many options. I knew that I wanted to do something Sci-fi or Fantasy. Labrynth or Star Wars... Somewhere along those lines. I ended up seeing a trailer for the new Tron and knew then what to do.  Big thanks for my brother for the use of his arm and his frisbee as reference.